Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Croatia: species richness, distribution and relationship to surrounding countries Author Ivković, Marija Author Kúdela, Matuš Author Kúdelová, Tatiana text Zootaxa 2016 4109 1 journal volume 39128 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.2 02a7342b-0e43-4213-98e3-dd0639240628 1175-5326 266198 2F421C09-1F9B-4DFE-B01A-660FCA441409 Simulium ( Eusimulium ) rubzovianum ( Sherban, 1961 ) Literature reference. River Karašica ( Živković 1969 ) (11). New records. Stream Veliki potok, Medvednica Mountain (5), larvae and adult ♂; s pring of River Riječina (31), larvae and adult ♂; Stream Plitvica, NP Plitvice (35), larvae and adult ♂; tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, NP Plitvice (36), larvae and adult ♂; tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, NP Plitvice (37), larvae; tufa barrier Labudovac, NP Plitvice (38), larvae. Note. Simulium rubzovianum was considered a synonym of Simulium velutinum ( Santos Abreu, 1922 ) previously ( Adler & Crosskey 2015 ). However, one of the chromosomal segregates of the S. aureum group recently found by Adler et al . (2015) in North Africa was linked with the name S. rubzovianum . This species extends from North Africa northwards through the Mediterranean area to the British Isles, Fennoscandia and Turkey (Adler et al . 2015; Leonhardt 1985 ). The type locality of S. rubzovianum is in Serbia , not far from the Croatian border. Therefore we retain the older record of Živković (1969) under the name S. rubzovianum . According to the newly proposed concept of S . velutinum sensu stricto , the name velutinum is restricted to North Africa and the Canary Islands (Adler et al . 2015). The records of the members of the S . aureum group from Croatia need to be reviewed using morphological, molecular and, especially cytotaxonomical, approaches.